Meaning

3 senses
  1. Either of two species of dwarf dogwoods:

    Cornus suecica - Eurasian bunchberry or northern bunchberry.

    Schwedischer Hartriegel

    дёрен шве́дскийdjóren švédskij, кизи́л шве́дскийkizíl švédskij

  2. Cornus canadensis - Canadian bunchberry or eastern bunchberry.

    Kanadischer Hartriegel, Teppich-Hartriegel, Teppichhartriegel

    дёрен кана́дскийdjóren kanádskij, кизи́л кана́дскийkizíl kanádskij

  3. The fruit of either of these plants.

More definitions
  • creeping perennial herb distinguished by red berries and clustered leaf whorls at the tips of shoots; Greenland to Alaska

Translations

2 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
Cornus suecica:
Cornus canadensis:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
Cornus suecica:
Cornus canadensis:

Origin

From bunch + berry.

From bunch + berry.

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Forms

plural: bunchberries
Singularbunchberry
Pluralbunchberries

regular

Synonyms

5 synonyms
crackerberryCanadian dwarf cornel
Close in meaning

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
bunchberry — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto